I'm sure you've seen them before; those pesky, inescapable Cookie consent banners ! They typically appear at the top or bottom of websites -- often obscuring important content. For example, if you were to visit CNN , Zara , or Unicef today; or, any other news, e-commerce, or charitable website for that matter -- especially those with an international presence -- you'd likely see one; a UI / UX eyesore. Such Cookie consent banners, ubiquitous and omnipresent, have become the defacto solution for complying with an important part of the European Union's (EU) ePrivacy Directive (ePD). If you're unfamiliar with the ePD, it basically mandates that websites first obtain a user's consent before storing and/or retrieving any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about them in and/or from HTTP cookies. ( HTTP Cookies are small pieces of data stored by websites in a user's web browser for easier retrieval later.) The Cookie Law, as the ePD has becom